For Real.

Have you ever heard the statement, "boys are stupid"? I have many a time. I don't really think it's true. Sure, guys do stupid things, especially in relationships with girls, but a lot of times girls are just as at fault. A friend of mine asked what the point of dating in high school is. She said that it's pointless, because it's all about drama and not at all about the person. I guess that's true. Anyways, dating is kind of annoying to me anyway(I know, ironic). Like I know this one girl who literally had a boyfriend within a day of dumping another guy. It makes me mad. I mean, I know I'm young, but I take dating pretty seriously. I'm not dating Cory to get attention, I'm doing it because I like him and he's fun. I don't constantly post pictures on Facebook or change my status to make myself seem like a... scandalous person. ha. But back to what I was saying, why do we say "boys are stupid" when one guy frustrates us. Why does every guy in the world have to receive a bad reputation because of what one guy did that may or may not have been bad? Why don't guys say things like "girls are stupid" when their girlfriends dump them? Some of the nicest people I've ever met have been males, and some of the jerkiest people I've ever met have been girls. Think before you speak.

So, this past week we've been reading The Diary of Anne Frank in English and studying Hitler and World War II in History. I know it's cliche to say it, but it really is interesting to study. We watched this video the other day in History that completely appalled me. I almost cried, not even kidding. It was a Youtube video of some old movie about Hitler, but it was in German, so the maker put subtitles and made it about Xbox and Hitler's disappointment when his account was deactivated. Are you serious? Hitler is possibly the most openly evil person to ever walk this Earth -he dismembered people and built gas chambers so the lucky dead people could turn to ashes and the living people could scream until their lungs filled with smoke and they suffocated- and this video turned him into some kind of joke, just a spokesperson for Xbox. That's just one example of the many ways people at my school have completely turned our studies into a joke. It makes me extremely angry.

Speaking of the Holocaust, I'm going to an exhibit about it tomorrow. I'm pretty excited; hopefully people at the museum will understand the gravity of it and not just laugh it off like it's a joke book.

Have you ever wondered why the world is the way it is? I have, and I think I got the answer the other day when a student in the band room said that A Haunting in Connecticut is based on a true story. Are you serious? Dead people don't come back from the grave and kill people or whatever else is in the movie. It looks horrifying. I saw the first seven seconds of the trailer the other day and I couldn't get to sleep for a good fifteen minutes that night.

Oh, sorry I only got to Day 4 of my Spring Break Blog. Um, on Friday I went shopping or something, then Juliana and Kendyl came over. We watched White and Nerdy about 77,889,457 times. We also watched videos about the Holocaust,The Great Depression, and The Scripps National Spelling Bee. I have such nerdy friends.

On Saturday, I went to Cory's where he taught me how to do a Rubik's Cube. True story. It was one of the most beautiful moments of my life.

But Spring Break is over and this has been one of the worst weeks of my life. Seriously. It was terrible. I'm so tired of being around people and being forced to build relationships with them when I don't even like most of them. Oh, speaking of liking people, I read in one of Don Miller's books that people tend to like other people as much as they feel the other people like them. Isn't that interesting, but insanely true? But anyways, school was really lame this week. I'm ready for Summer.

Much Love,
Marissa.

Spring Break '09, Day 4: Smack Down, Stirrup Pants, and Spiffing Up

Hello!

Can you believe tomorrow is the last official day of Spring Break? It makes me sad. 

My mommy took off work today so we could hang out. 

We started our day by going to the 10 A.M. karate class. It was crazy. These two older ladies were there, and one of them was trying to lay the smack down on me; I didn't greatly appreciate that. After class, my mother and I went to Olive Garden. It was delicious, and we had a delightful conversation about brain cells. That's always fun. Then, we went to World Market, which is closing, so the few items left are insanely cheap. They're even selling the display racks; how cool. After that, we went to overpriced Dillard's to shop. We didn't really find anything, so we went to Rue21. That store, however, makes me feel like an immature teenager for some reason, so we left and trekked to Marshall's. Ah, I found the most amazing/expensive clothes ever. Thankfully my birthday was last week, so my mother paid for it. :) I bought these really distressed 80s jeans, and I almost bought stirrup pants. Haha. After about three hours there, we finally came home. 

An appraiser is coming bright and early tomorrow so we've been cleaning like crazy tonight. Actually, I've been cleaning like crazy (well, along with the occasional Facebook/Twitter breaks). So, it's been a Gilmore-less day today, but fun nonetheless.

Much Love,

Marissa.

Spring Break '09, Day 3: Jazz, Onion-Flowers, and Lessons Learned

Hola. My sister left for a vacation this morning, so I went to my grandmother's house where I spent the day reading, watching TV, and napping. I then went to church. Two things I've learned today: It's 2-for-1 day at Blockbuster and Blue Like Jazz is an awesome book. Also, that onion-flower sauce from O'Charley's goes on basically anything.

Much Love,

Marissa. 

Spring Break '09, Day 2: Green, Clean, Dean, and Your Spleen

Hey, folks! 

You know what's funny? I'm never sure how to pronounce that word. Sometimes I think it's like "fokes," but sometimes I think it's more like, "fow-luh-x." It's a mystery.

Anyway, as fascinating as that is, I'm sure you came to my blog expecting to read about my day. Well, it's St. Patty's Day! I've been wearing this green Rolling Stones jacket all day(except for when I was at karate... then I drew a green heart on my hand to avoid getting pinched.)

 I woke up with this terrifying cough; my throat kept constricting. It was pretty scary, but don't worry. I got some Pepsi, so now I'm good. (When I wrote that, I accidentally wrote 'god.' haha.) Anywho, my mom wrote "Please clean me" on all these Post-It notes on various apparatuses, so she could tell us to clean without being threatening. Haha, nice. So we cleaned and cleaned, and I think our house is on the verge of sparkling. Delight!

      I finally finished this book called Eli by Bill Myers. I've been reading it for over a month, but I'm usually studying or doing homework, so I never really had time to finish it until today. Now I'm reading Blue Like Jazz. I'm only on the 29th page, but it is rather wonderful so far. 

     I bet you'll never guess what show I'm watching right now. I can't decide who I like better; Jess or Dean. (For Rory, I mean. I generally don't develop crushes on fictional television show characters.) Jess is cool because he's kind of a rebel and he reads a lot, but Dean is cool because he's the innocent guy who you know probably won't hurt Rory. Hm..

     I got my yellow belt at karate today. Technically I earned it last week, but we kept forgetting the check book, so we couldn't purchase it until today. 

     

Well, I am a sleepy girl, so I'm going to sign off.

Much Love,

Marissa.

P.S. The "your spleen" in the title was used solely for the purpose of poetry, but I think it has the potential to become the new "your face" joke, despite the fact that it kind of makes me gag.

Spring Break '09, Day 1: thrift stores, Star's Hollow, execrable music, and Chinese food.

Hello, folks!

So, my day began with sleep. It was great, but my grandparents and my cousin wanted to take my sister and me out to lunch, so I had to get up at 10 to get ready. They arrived at our house a few minutes early. After a few patient phone calls and gentle bell-ringings, they started hounding us cop-style. I don't know if a cop has ever shown up on your doorstep, but those guys are determined to rap on your ingress as hard as humanly possible. Considering their lack of formal training, my grandparents did rather well. Anyways, we finally got ready and left. We went to McAlister's and just sat around and talked; it was pretty fun. Not as exciting as last time, but still fun! Instead of heading home afterward, my grandmother wanted to do a little shopping, so we went to this thrift store called Bibles for China. Ahh, it was awesome. After sorting through the typical thrift store hodgepodge, I found this $1 sweatshirt, some fab books, and a really pretty painting. Exciting.

When we got home, we watched a lovely episode of Gilmore Girls before heading to a local mall to do some shopping. We went to Claire's. I don't know if you've ever been there, but they play the worst music known to man. Each measure is like a sin against humanity. Actually, that statement comes partially out of truth and partially out of the fact that my sister takes several hours in any given store. However, I still love her, and it bought me some time with these absolutely amazing glasses I found. It's pretty much a dream of mine to wear glasses, so I got to live that dream for a little while today. After we finally left with our 10 items for $10, we went to Lifeway, because it has a delightful atmosphere and fewer undelightful tunes. We didn't buy anything, but we did discover some really rad Bibles and books.

Next, we went home to find my dad, aunt, and grandmother slaving away in the kitchen. They were preparing a lovely homemade Chinese meal. Once it was finished, we all sat down and ate. Fun fun! They just left a few minutes ago, actually.

Well, I think I hear another episode of Gilmore Girls beginning, so I guess I shall depart. Oh, but speaking of those lovely ladies, my dad, sister, and I paralleled their characters with our family; I'm Rory, my sister is Lorelei, my dad is Mr. Gilmore, and my mom is Mrs. Gilmore. :)

Much Love,
Marissa.

P.S. If you know of any admirable, preferably esoteric tunes I could listen to this week, feel free to drop me a line. =]

For the sake of the hamsters...

Hey, folks!

     It's Spring Break! Wahoo! A whole week of no school... just an endless supply of Gilmore Girls, Star Wars, friends, Sudoku puzzles, sleep, and many other pointless-but-oh-so-satisfying activities.

     

     My birthday is coming to a close, and it was rather delightful. I mean, you grow steadily over a period of 364 days and then whoosh! it all catches up with you in one day. 

Anyway, my day started with church, followed by an amazing lunch with Cory. Then my mom and I bought this delightful ice cream cake and took it home and ate it. Well, not by ourselves; we shared it with my father and sister. After that, Juliana invited me to see Race To Witch Mountain, and I obliged. Oh man, it was scary. My sister and I were holding onto each other the entire time. Actually, that is untruthful(just imagine Seth saying that, haha.) It wasn't that terrifying, but it was intense. Afterwards, we saw a couple from my school getting a little cozy, haha.  

Next, we went out to the parking lot which my sister described as "sketchy." 

Our car would not start. 

Perfect. 

After a few tries, my sister finally got it going, and we proceeded to go to Blockbuster which is where we bought half of the second season of Gilmore Girls. I'm sure you're thinking, "why the second season? Why half?" I'll tell you why. They only had 2-6 of the first season, so we figured it would be better to just skip the first season altogether. Also, we did not want to be overwhelmed by all the Gilmore goodness, so we just went with half of them. I really sound like a girl, but it's a really well-written show. lol. 

 

I hope you had a delightful Pi Day yesterday. I can't believe that all the preps got to celebrate it too. I mean, really. It was formerly a day for the few chosen people who know what Pi Day is. No longer. Oh well, I got to eat some delicious pie, so I suppose all is not lost. 

Ooh! I earned my yellow belt last week! Exciting.  

Well, that's all for today.

Much Love,

Marissa.

Spring, demerits, and awkward tan lines..

Hello! I'm writing a blog post on a school night; not entirely rare but probably not the best activity for me when you take into consideration the 2 F's I made today, along with almost receiving demerits. How delightful. Anyways, the third nine weeks is always the best for me; I've learned from my previous mistakes and I'm just amped up and ready to do my best. I always go into Spring Break feeling really spent, and I don't imagine this year will be an exception.
Edline. I love it. I seriously probably get on there just barely less than I get on Facebook. My friends are always scared their parents will see their grades and ground them, but I always check it, tell my parents what my grades are, and proceed to ground myself. I hate it when teachers fail to update it. Like now, for instance.
Oh man, is it seriously March? I really like March for some reason. I'm really not a big fan of Summer because of the skimpy clothes, awkward tan lines, and sweat, but March is just really wonderful.

Anyway, sorry this is so short, but I must depart.

Much love,
Marissa

Can you tell I was homeschooled?

If you have an account on Face book, I'm sure you've seen this. Every time someone has tagged me, it has been as either the shy one or the geek. Psh, I blame both of those on my former home education :) Also -I could be wrong- but I think it should be "the one who," not "the one that."

Anyways, I'm sick. Well, actually I don't feel horrible, but my nose is runny. Ew. Sorry I haven't written in about 300 billion katrillion years. I've been super-busy with track, school, karate, church, homework, studying, etc. *Sigh.* I'm ready for some Spring Break! It's March! My Birthday month. Woot woot. Actually, not woot woot, because I'm not really looking forward to my birthday, but whatever. I finished my first research paper yesterday! Actually, I did one last year, but I never finished it because I was home schooled, and homeschoolers never finish anything. Ha ha. And while I'm on the subject of homeschooling, I really wasn't a hardcore homeschooler, because they are really proud of the fact that they don't wear pajamas while doing schoolwork or wake up until around 11, but I did both of those. However, I'm still virtually 96% more sheltered than the kids at my school. Not that I mind that. Anywho..
I really don't have that much to say.

Much Love,
Marissa